Cutter



M. E. DAVIS Aug. 30, 1932.

CUTTER Filed May 26, 1951 4 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR MAURICE E. DA v/s ATTO RNEYS 1932- M. E. DAVIS 1,874,173

CUTTER F leq May' 26, 1951 4 sheets sheet 2 INVENTOR NAI/R/CE f. DAV/.5.

ATTO RNEY$ Aug. 30, 1932. DAVls 1,874,173

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ATTORNEYb' M. E. DAVIS Aug. 30, 1932.

CUTTER 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed May 26, 1931 INVENTOR MAURICE 5. DA v/s r I r mrwfim ATTO RNEYS Roller Patented Aug. 30, 1932 I UNITED STATES timer-me- MAURICE E. nAvIs oF KRON, oi'noQAssIGimR To THE LEO. MEYER-murmur,

, nimoiv, onr n 'conPoRATIoNor-pmo V Application filed May 26, 1931. Serial No. 540,032. 1

This invention relates to cutters and particularly to cutters for use in producing strips of rubberized laminated cord or fabric material from vulcanized structures such asworn or defective tirecarcasses,-belting, etc. v

To produce strips of rubberizedfabric material from such material as wornor defective tire carcasses, cutters of various kinds have heretofore been used, but these have been incapable of producing strips with substantially square out true edges. Rubber iscut with great .difficulty and the edges of cut strips of composite rubberized. cord structure have heretofore been more or less tapered or .beveled and uneven. c Y Y The general purpose of the present invention is to provide a cutting machine for cut-' "ting rubberized fabric structures with substantially square true edges inasimple, effective and yet economical manner. I

V The foregoing and other purposes of the invention are attained inthe cutting machine illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described below. Itis to beunderstood that the invention is not limitedto. the specific form thereof shown and described. 7

A Of the accompanying drawings, I 1

Figure 1 is a side elevationv of a cutting machine embodying the invention; I

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof; 7

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2; and v Figure 4 is a part of a section, enlarged, on line 1-4 of Figure 3. Referring to the designates a suitable supporting. structure upon which a pair of brackets 11, 11 for supporting the cutter are mounted. A rotary cutter 12 is secured upon a shaft 13 journaled in bearings 14:, 1 1 which maybe adjustably mounted as shown in suitable guides 15,, 15 arranged on brackets 11. The cutter 12 includes a series of cutter discs 12 ,12 spaced apart along shaft 13 by spacer sleeves 12 12 For feeding the stock, such as tire carcass material to the cutter 12* a pair of cooperating feeding rollers 16 and 17 are. provided.

16 is secured'upon a'shaft 18 journaled in bearings 19, 19 removably'mounted drawings the numeral lO in the bottoms of guidesQO, 20 on brackets 11, 1'1. Roller 17is journaledin bearings 21, 21 slidable in guides 20 whereby roller 17 may be moved toward and from roller16. Springs asindicated at22 are arranged'between the bearings 19 and Qll for normally urging the rollers 16-and'17 apart andjadjustable screws "indicatedfat 23' are provided between the bearings to limit theyrelative.movement ofthe rollers together. Adjustable screws2t may be provided to limitthe'relative movement of the rollers. apart under the action of springs 22. The rollers'may be relatively moved tewardand from eachotjher by-pivotally con; nectinglevers25, 25' pivoted'at 26, 26 on brackets 11 with. brackets 27,27 on bearings 21 and operating thelevers25 by a treadle 28 fromwhichconnecting. rods 29, 29 extend tolevers25. To insure square and true. cutting, the roll 16 is provided with slots 163%,:16 (see Figure 1) to receive, the peripheral edges of the blades or discs 12 adjacent the pointat which the stockengages the knives; This prevents bending of the knives under the cuttingaction and avoids beveling instead of square cutting the strips. 7 It also" reduces knife breakage. Roller 16 maybe made up from a plurality of discs 16 equal-in thickness to the spaces between the-knives '12? and interspersed discs 16?,16 0f less radiusthan discs 16 and equal in thickness to the cutter discs The cut 'stock'tends to wedge betweenv the knife blades or discs 12 andto be carried around bythe knives. To prevent this, and

.carry the strips of stock from between the knives as they are out, a stock-diverting plate 30 is provided. This consists of a curved plate slitted as at 30 ,30 so that it has prongs 30 30 passing between the cutter blades the; diverting plate being pivoted on the brackets 11 as at 31 and having an arm or arms 32 thereon upon which tension springs 33 may act so as yieldingly to hold the diverting plate with its prongs between the cutter "discs 12 (To drive the cutter a sprocket 34 maybe secured thereto over which is trained achain 35 arranged to be driven by a sprocket 36 on' a drive shaft 37. Shaft 37 may be power driven as by a pulley 38. The feeding rollers 16 and 17 maybe driven from the drive shaft by arranging a gear 38 thereon meshed with a gear 39 secured to roller 16, rollers 16 and 17 having intermesh'ing gears dOa-nd 11 respectively secured thereto and adapted to mesh when the rollers are relatively moved together hyoperation of treadle 28. The

gearing of the "feed rolls and the cutter to the drive shaft 37 is such that the cutters will be knives but are diverted on twardly *hy plate 30. In the particular machine show n they are diverted downwardly pass, down through an opening 10 in the top 'ofsupport 10 and are removed from below the machine.

The invention has provided a very effective machine for cutting strips from tire carcass or "like material which willbe square-out and true and which are economically produced thereby. Obviously, modificationsof the invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claims.

What-is claimed is: V i

1. A butter-for producing a plurality of strips oftstock from rubbe-rized laminated fabric material or the like com-prising a" rotary e-u-tter including a --plu r al ity "of spaced knives, means for feeding the material to said cutter comprising feed rollers, means for relatively moving said feed rollers to permit insertion ofa leading end of the material therebetweenand to press said material between the rollers, one of sa'idrollers having slets "therein into which the peripheries of said knives extend adjacent the point of cutting, a strip diverting element having prongs passing between said knives for divvertingthe cut-strips of stock from between the knives, means for driving said feed rolle-rs, and means for driving said cutter at fastjer peripheral speed than the peripheral-speed of 'sai-d feed rollers.

2. A cutter for producing a plurality of strips of stock from rubberized laminated fabric material or the like comprising a rotary cutter including a plurality of spaced knives, means for feeding the material to said eutter comprising feed rollers, means for relatively moving said feed rollers to permit insertion of a leading end of the material therebetween and to press said material between the rollers," a strip diverting element having prongs p'assi'ng bet'ween said "knives for diverting the cut strips of stock from be tween the knives, means for driving said feed rollers, and means for driving said cutter at faster peripheral speed than the peripheral speed of said feed rollers.

A cutter for producing aphiral-ity of strips of stock fromrubheriZed laminated ting, means-for driving said feed rollers, and

means for driving: said cutter at faster zpe ripheral-speed' than the peripheral speed "of sa-id feed rollers." 3 7 a 4:. A cutter for producing a plu rality of strips of stock'fro'm' rubberized {laminated fabric material orthe like comprising a rota-ry cutter including, a plurality of spaced knives, means for feeding the material'to said cutter comprising feedrollers, means for relatively moving said feed rollers to permit insertionof a leading end ofthe material therebetween and to press said material between the rollers, means for driving said "feed rollers, and means for 'drivi-ng'said cutter at faster peripheral speed than the peripheral speed of said feed rollers. r p

5. A cutter for producing a plurality of strips of stock from rubberized laminated fabric material or the like comprising a rotary cutter including a plurality of spaced knives, means for feeding the material to said cutter comprising feed rollers, means for relatively moving said feed rollers to permit insertion of a leading end of the material therebetween and to press said material between the rollers, one of said rollers having slots therein into which the peripheries of said kniv-es'extend adj acent the'point of cutting, a strip diverting element having prongs passing '=between said knives for diverting the cut strips of stock from between the knives, means for driving said feed rollers, and means'for driving'said cutter. J

6. A cutter for producing a plurality of strips of stock from rubberized laminated fabric material or the like comprising a rotary cutter including a plurality of spaced knives, means for feeding the material to said cutter comprising. feed rollers, means for relatively moving said feed rollers to permit insertion of a leading end of the material :therebetween and to press said materialjbetween the rollers, a strip diverting element feed rollers, and means for driving said cutter.

7. A cutter for producing a plurality of strips of stock from rubberized laminated fabric material or the like comprising a rotary cutter including a plurality of spaced knives, means for feeding the material to said cutter comprising feed rollers, means for relatively moving said feed rollers to permit in sertion of a leading end of the material therebetween and to press said material between the rollers, one of said rollers having slots therein into which the peripheries of said knives extend adjacent the point of cutting, means for driving said feed rollers, and means for driving said cutter.

MAURICE E. DAVIS. 

